2003 Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan
Season	2003
Champions	Djurgårdens IF
Relegated	Östers IF; Enköpings SK
Champions League	Djurgårdens IF
UEFA Cup	Hammarby IF
Matches played	182
Goals scored	518 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorer	Niklas Skoog, Malmö FF (22)
Average attendance	10,208
	← 2002 2004 →

Allsvenskan 2003, part of the 2003 Swedish football season, was the 79th Allsvenskan season played. The first match was played 5 April 2003 and the last match was played 26 October 2003. Djurgårdens IF won the league ahead of runners-up Hammarby IF, while Östers IF and Enköpings SK were relegated.

Participating clubs[]

AIK

Djurgården

Helsingborg

Elfsborg

Göteborg

Enköping

Örgryte

Hammarby

Sundsvall

Öster

Halmstad

Landskrona

Örebro

Malmö

Location of the 2003 Allsvenskan teams

Club	Last season	First season in league	First season of current spell
AIK	5th	1924–25	1981
Djurgårdens IF	1st	1927–28	2001
Enköpings SK	2nd (Superettan)	2003	2003
IF Elfsborg	10th	1926–27	1997
IFK Göteborg	12th	1924–25	1977
Halmstads BK	6th	1933–34	1993
Hammarby IF	9th	1924–25	1998
Helsingborgs IF	4th	1924–25	1993
Landskrona BoIS	11th	1924–25	2002
Malmö FF	2nd	1931–32	2001
GIF Sundsvall	8th	1965	2000
Örebro SK	7th	1946–47	1989
Örgryte IS	3rd	1924–25	1995
Östers IF	1st (Superettan)	1968	2003

League table[]

Pos

Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

Qualification or relegation

1

Djurgårdens IF (C)

26

19

1

6

62

26

+36

58

Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round

2

Hammarby IF

26

15

6

5

50

30

+20

51

Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round

3

Malmö FF

26

14

6

50

23

+27

48

Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round

4

Örgryte IS

26

14

3

9

42

40

+2

45

5

AIK

26

11

6

9

39

34

+5

39

6

Helsingborgs IF

26

11

5

10

35

36

−1

38

7

IFK Göteborg

26

10

7

9

37

28

+9

37

8

Örebro SK

26

10

7

9

29

33

−4

37

9

Halmstads BK

26

11

3

12

41

37

+4

36

10

IF Elfsborg

26

9

7

10

29

34

−5

34

Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round^[b]

11

Landskrona BoIS

26

8

10

26

39

−13

32

12

GIF Sundsvall (O)

26

3

10

13

25

43

−18

19

Qualification to Relegation play-offs

13

Östers IF (R)

26

3

8

15

31

56

−25

17

Relegation to Superettan

Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round^[a]

14

Enköpings SK (R)

26

3

5

18

22

59

−37

14

Relegation to Superettan

Source: svenskfotboll.se
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Sweden was among the best three associations in the UEFA Fair Play ranking and thus received an additional spot in the first qualifying round of the Europa League, Öster received the qualifying spot for their ranking in Allsvenskans Fair Play ranking.
^ Elfsborg qualified for the UEFA Cup as Svenska Cupen champions 2003.

Relegation play-offs[]

30 October 2003

19:00

BK Häcken	1 – 2	GIF Sundsvall
Uusimäki 64'		Svenning 19' (pen.) Lundqvist 47'

Rambergsvallen, Gothenburg

Attendance: 2,317

Referee: Martin Hansson (Holmsjö)

2 November 2003

14:00

GIF Sundsvall	0 – 1 (a)	BK Häcken
		Skiljo 46'

Idrottsparken, Sundsvall

Attendance: 4,307

Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Eskilstuna)

Results[]

Home \ Away	AIK	DIF	ESK	IFE	IFKG	HBK	HAM	HEL	LBoIS	MFF	GIFS	ÖSK	ÖIS	ÖIF
AIK		3–3	3–0	4–0	0–2	4–2	1–3	0–2	3–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	3–0	1–1
Djurgårdens IF	2–1		3–2	5–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	0–2	2–0	3–0	0–3	5–2
Enköpings SK	0–2	0–4		1–1	0–1	0–4	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–1	3–1	2–0	1–3	0–2
IF Elfsborg	2–0	0–2	1–1		2–1	2–1	0–2	0–0	3–0	1–2	2–2	1–0	3–1	4–0
IFK Göteborg	0–2	1–0	3–0	0–1		0–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	3–0	1–1	4–0	5–2	1–0
Halmstads BK	1–1	2–3	3–2	1–1	1–0		3–1	2–4	3–0	0–4	2–0	2–3	2–1	3–0
Hammarby IF	1–1	2–3	7–0	3–0	1–1	1–0		2–0	0–1	2–1	5–0	1–1	3–0	2–2
Helsingborgs IF	5–1	2–1	0–4	1–0	0–2	0–1	0–2		2–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	0–3
Landskrona BoIS	1–2	1–2	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–3		1–0	3–2	0–0	1–1	2–0
Malmö FF	3–0	2–1	4–0	0–0	1–3	2–1	6–0	5–0	2–2		2–2	2–0	1–1	3–2
GIF Sundsvall	2–1	1–4	0–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	0–1	3–1	1–1		0–1	0–1	1–1
Örebro SK	0–0	1–0	4–2	2–1	2–2	0–2	2–3	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–1		1–2	5–1
Örgryte IS	3–1	0–3	3–0	1–0	4–1	3–1	0–1	1–4	1–1	0–4	1–0	2–0		4–2
Östers IF	0–1	0–4	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–3	4–4	3–3	3–0	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–2

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Attendances[]

	Club	Home average	Away average	Home high
1	Malmö FF	18,716	10,367	27,477
2	AIK	17,302	12,489	35,197
3	Djurgårdens IF	16,083	16,852	34,267
4	Hammarby IF	14,025	12,604	35,611
5	IFK Göteborg	11,586	13,241	40,382
6	Helsingborgs IF	10,235	9,567	15,460
7	Örgryte IS	8,654	10,337	37,026
8	IF Elfsborg	7,733	8,292	11,205
9	Örebro SK	7,508	8,054	11,739
10	Halmstads BK	7,506	8,158	14,435
11	Östers IF	7,025	9,259	13,215
12	Landskrona BoIS	6,436	8,716	11,375
13	GIF Sundsvall	5,675	7,418	7,675
14	Enköpings SK	4,451	7,582	9,102
—	Total	10,210	—	40,382

Top scorers[]

	Player	Club	Goals
1	Niklas Skoog	Malmö FF	22
2	Paulinho Guará	Örgryte IS	14
2	Kim Källström	Djurgårdens IF	14
4	Gustaf Andersson	Helsingborgs IF	12
	Kennedy Bakircioglü	Hammarby IF	12
	Andreas Johansson	Djurgårdens IF	12
7	Afonso Alves	Örgryte IS	10
	Mikael Andersson	Hammarby IF	10
	Geert den Ouden	Djurgårdens IF	10
	Igor Sypniewski	Halmstads BK	10

References[]

Print

Alsiö, Martin; Frantz, Alf; Lindahl, Jimmy; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 2: statistiken. Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8.
Glanell, Tomas; Havik, Göran; Lindberg, Thomas; Persson, Gunnar; Ågren, Bengt, eds. (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 1. Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8.
Nylin, Lars (2004). Den nödvändiga boken om Allsvenskan: svensk fotboll från 1896 till idag, statistik, höjdpunkter lag för lag, klassiska bilder. Sundbyberg: Semic. ISBN 91-552-3168-3.

Online

Glenning, Clas (2008). "Sweden final tables". Archived from the original on 2009-10-20. Retrieved 2008-03-13.
Repinski, Marek (2006). "Allsvenskan Just Nu". Archived from the original on 2006-05-19. Retrieved 2007-06-04.
"SFS-Bolletinen". Sveriges Fotbollshistoriker och Statistiker. 2008. Archived from the original on 13 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-13.
"svenskfotboll.se". Swedish Football Association. 2007. Archived from the original on 31 May 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-04.

[1] Sweden was among the best three associations in the UEFA Fair Play ranking and thus received an additional spot in the first qualifying round of the Europa League, Öster received the qualifying spot for their ranking in Allsvenskans Fair Play ranking.

[table_note_res_IFE0.83563547061553-2] Elfsborg qualified for the UEFA Cup as Svenska Cupen champions 2003.

[b]

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